Ben's blog and articles

The market fundamentalists are not entirely wrong to warn against the popular urge to stamp out price fluctuations.

Looking beneath the bonnet of the headline data suggests declarations of victory against this new virus are premature.

The characterisation of “the science” as a fixed thing isn’t helpful and could even be dangerous.

Simply look at the man's long and consistent record of xenophobia and then judge whether he's using the label in a factual way.

It’s certainly a beguiling argument. But there’s a powerful counter-case, too.

There's something tragically appropriate about the fact that the most high-profile British industrial story, as the country staggers in t...

Money doesn't talk, it swears, sang Bob Dylan. And liberal billionaires in the US are certainly not being polite about the latest policy ...

A robot called "Tappy" which monotonously jabs away at mobile phone screens does not, let's face it, sound like the most sophisticated of...

The "pushmi-pullyu" in the 1967 film of Doctor Dolittle was a double-headed llama, with one head facing forward and the other back. Pensi...

"Fiscal illusion" sounds like the kind of thing Derren Brown might do to your wallet in front of a packed theatre. But actually, fiscal i...

If capitalism is defined by the question of who controls capital - the money that makes the world go around - there's one organisation th...

David Lloyd George never actually promised "homes fit for heroes" after the First World War. The Liberal prime minister's pledge was that...

Emergency shelters opened up across London this weekend as the mercury dropped and the risk of death for those sleeping rough on the capi...

Every introductory textbook teaches that the price of a good or service is established by supply and demand. When a price of something is...

Stock markets have been up and down like Santa in the world's chimneys this Christmas. After taking a record unfestive pummelling on 24 D...

Many parents of small children will be familiar with the depressing Christmas Day rubbish routine. Presents are unveiled. The paper is ea...

On 19 November Carlos Ghosn, the most famous man in the global automotive industry, touched down at Haneda airport in his private jet and...

As a society we can't seem to make up our minds about work. Do we want more of it? Or less? There's a chilling fog of fear over what tech...

The Irish "backstop", the legal clause that offends the sensibilities of hardline Tory Brexiteers - to the point where they would be prep...

As he delivered his televised address to the French public on Monday night, following a month of street protests and intensifying mob vio...